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barbara starr is live for us in washington with that new information. barbara, what do you have? >> well, fredricka, u.s. intelligence had been watching yemen for weeks, if not months, watching a growing series of threa threats, potential threats in yemen. that's not surprising. that's always been a tough neighborho neighborhood. but it was within the last two weeks that the u.s. intelligence community began to understand, come into possession if you will of an intercepted message among senior al qaeda operatives that indicated planning was under way, possibly the final stages of planning, we're told, for an attack either in yemen, middle east, or north africa. we've actually been asked by an obama administration official not to go into a lot of detail about all of this because it is so sensitive, so serious, it could put things at risk. intercepts are some of the most critical that the u.s. intelligence gathers. what are intercepts? it could be a cell phone conversation, website posting, chat room, a courier message. there's any number of ways that the u.s. would come to have kn
barbara starr is live for us in washington with that new information. barbara, what do you have? >> well, fredricka, u.s. intelligence had been watching yemen for weeks, if not months, watching a growing series of threa threats, potential threats in yemen. that's not surprising. that's always been a tough neighborho neighborhood. but it was within the last two weeks that the u.s. intelligence community began to understand, come into possession if you will of an intercepted message among...
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tom foreman, cnn, washington. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. right now, get a 2013 chevrolet volt for around $269 per month. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can help. guard your medicare card. don't give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare stronger for all of us. >>> trail riders spotted hannah anderson and her alleged captor in the idaho wilderness and red flags went up. their camping equipment was new, they were hiking with a cat in the woods, and anderson looked scared. >> when we got up on the mountain that morning, we had
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the "washington post" reported the chair of the senate intelligence committee diane feinstein wasn't even aware of the audit until it was reported in the paper. feinstein disputes that, but in a statement admitted that the committee can and should do more to independently verify that nsa's operations are inappropriate and that its awareness of incidents are accurate. and the top judge on the secretive court that approves surveillance programs says judges aren't able to independently verify whether the government violates the law, saying they are, quote, forced to rely upon the accuracy of the information that is provided to the court. critics have been demanding more oversight. >> why is the government spying on its own people? >> reporter: and even prominent democrats are troubled. nancy pelosi called the new report extremely disturbing. congressman jim lanchovan deeply concerned. the trust seemed to widen after director of intelligence james clapper in a senate hearing last march. >> does the nsa collect any type of data on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir.
the "washington post" reported the chair of the senate intelligence committee diane feinstein wasn't even aware of the audit until it was reported in the paper. feinstein disputes that, but in a statement admitted that the committee can and should do more to independently verify that nsa's operations are inappropriate and that its awareness of incidents are accurate. and the top judge on the secretive court that approves surveillance programs says judges aren't able to independently...
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by wednesday, potential sightings of dimaggio's blue nissan prompt oregon, washington and nevada to issue their own amber alerts. on thursday, a chilling comment from police. dimaggio may have booby trapped his nissan and abandoned it and the suspect may be carrying explosives. >> our investigation to date has brought to light the possibility that he has explosives on his person. >> reporter: police say dimaggio may be headed to canada or mexico or just about anywhere really. friday his car was found in idaho. for brett anderson, an agonizing weight. >> i can't faithom in jim's hea. what happened. obviously he just lost it. >> that was our brianna keilar reporting. today's "cnn hero" is helping homeless mothers to be. she's helping pregnant women get health care, housing and support. >> yearsin ing ago, my daughter were homeless. my main priority was to get high. then i got pregnant again. what am i doing? i need to change. >> i have never met a woman who wanted to hurt her unborn baby but i met a lot of women who did not know how to do the right thing. the common dednominator is poverty.
by wednesday, potential sightings of dimaggio's blue nissan prompt oregon, washington and nevada to issue their own amber alerts. on thursday, a chilling comment from police. dimaggio may have booby trapped his nissan and abandoned it and the suspect may be carrying explosives. >> our investigation to date has brought to light the possibility that he has explosives on his person. >> reporter: police say dimaggio may be headed to canada or mexico or just about anywhere really. friday...
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made his "i have a dream" speech on the washington mall. many are gathering for that event. >>> in a small catholic church near san diego, the service is under way to remember alleged kid nam victim hannah anderson's mother and brother. this is a live picture right now inside the guardian angels catholic church in santee, california. the bodies of christina and ethan anderson were found in the burnt home of family friend james dimaggio. dimaggio is suspected of killing them before kidnapping hannah and fleeing to idaho. after hannah was spotted in idaho, the fbi shot him dead. hannah was returned to her family. how has this service brought not only a community together but perhaps those immediate family members of hannah anderson? >> reporter: well, fredricka, there are about 450, maybe 500 people inside. it's completely full. there is an overflow room that people are sitting in right now, and the proceedings have been going along as you might expect. lots of emotion. i've heard some whimpering while i was sitting inside the church. hannah
made his "i have a dream" speech on the washington mall. many are gathering for that event. >>> in a small catholic church near san diego, the service is under way to remember alleged kid nam victim hannah anderson's mother and brother. this is a live picture right now inside the guardian angels catholic church in santee, california. the bodies of christina and ethan anderson were found in the burnt home of family friend james dimaggio. dimaggio is suspected of killing them...
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tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> let's check your top stories. one of the fastest moving fire in southern california still out of control. palm springs has had 14,000 acres burned so far. and seven communities have been ordered to evacuate. oprah winfrey says she was a victim of racism on a recent trip in switzerland. the media mogul said she asked to see a back and the clerk refused to show it to her. they say it was a misunderstanding and had nothing to do with racism. >>> in sports, tiger woods has a lot of work to do if he wants to take the pga championship. he's nine shots out as the second round gets under way. he tees off at 1:45 eastern. adam scott is on top of the leader board. you can catch round 2 on tnt starting at 1:00. >>> don't miss cnn's all access pass. a cnn's bleacher report special, rachel nicoles, takes you behind the scene with tiger woods at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow eastern time right here on cnn. >>> a bizarre battle between an actress and the church of scientology. lea filed a missing person's report but the church is calling
tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> let's check your top stories. one of the fastest moving fire in southern california still out of control. palm springs has had 14,000 acres burned so far. and seven communities have been ordered to evacuate. oprah winfrey says she was a victim of racism on a recent trip in switzerland. the media mogul said she asked to see a back and the clerk refused to show it to her. they say it was a misunderstanding and had nothing to do with racism. >>>...
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you think about the timeline here, 3:00 in washington. it is getting to be sunday or very close to sunday in some of these areas that are being affected by the embassy and consulate closures. a white house official says today the president was update about the threat. he's going to continue to be updated throughout the weekend. we're told the white house also says that it will not comment on specific intelligence when it comes to this story, particularly as it relates to a "new york times" report since some of this chatter about threats came from operatives. recently al qaeda seemed to appoint a number 2 to the organization, and he's based in yemen where officials say much of this chatter has originated. >> here in the united states it's not been a top, top priority for this terrorist group in yemen which still has significant resources. now that he's got this potentially new position in the al qaeda global network, is he now going to reprioritize hitting the united states? that would be a very warning scenario for officials. >> of course
you think about the timeline here, 3:00 in washington. it is getting to be sunday or very close to sunday in some of these areas that are being affected by the embassy and consulate closures. a white house official says today the president was update about the threat. he's going to continue to be updated throughout the weekend. we're told the white house also says that it will not comment on specific intelligence when it comes to this story, particularly as it relates to a "new york...
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let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> grab your helmet and -- they are literally running out of firefighters. some of the most cherished and protected land in all the land burning out of control, as wildfire spending tops $1 billion for the year, and officials ask canada for more manpower, and breaking news on the lead, the national security agency now admitting it spied on ordinary americans, but say it was only a mistake, a mistake that happened tens of thousands of time. >>> plus she stood between a gunman and another potential newtown. we'll hear from the bookkeeper who talked
let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> grab your helmet and -- they are literally running out of firefighters. some of the most cherished and protected land in all the land burning out of control, as wildfire spending tops $1 billion for the year, and officials ask canada for more manpower, and breaking news on the lead, the national security agency now admitting it spied on ordinary americans, but say it was only a mistake, a mistake that...
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meantime, let's take you to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> should the u.s. keep supporting an egyptian government that just killed hundreds of its own people? i'm jake tapper this is "the lead." >> the markets taking a nosedive today. why the world's largest retailer has to accept part of the blame. the world lead. president obama today announcing the u.s. is cancelling joint military exercises with egyptian forces after the egyptian government killed hundreds of people in clashes in the street. but usa to egypt, $1.5 billion, that's still flowing. and the national lead, new jersey governor chris christie has a medical marijuana bill on his
meantime, let's take you to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> should the u.s. keep supporting an egyptian government that just killed hundreds of its own people? i'm jake tapper this is "the lead." >> the markets taking a nosedive today. why the world's largest retailer has to accept part of the blame. the world lead. president obama today announcing the u.s. is cancelling joint military exercises with egyptian forces after the egyptian...
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remember what "the washington post" said. i'm not disagreeing with you that congress didn't do its job. one of the key nuggets in the "washington post" story today is that the nsa has been withholding this information from congress. that is even the people in the congress who are the most prosurveillance, dianne feinstein, for instance, has said and the intelligence committee members have said, and "the washington post" reported that the nsa, the obama administration, has been withholding this. the question is, why would the president go out on friday and insist there's been no abuses? is that a lie? did he see this audit data and then simply lie? or does he have no idea what his own government is doing? >> let me just jump into david sirota's point for our viewers. if you haven't read this article to the point of dianne feinstein. she is the senate intelligence committee chair who did not receive a copy of the 2012 audit till the post asked her staff about it. she said in a statement the committee can and should do more to i
remember what "the washington post" said. i'm not disagreeing with you that congress didn't do its job. one of the key nuggets in the "washington post" story today is that the nsa has been withholding this information from congress. that is even the people in the congress who are the most prosurveillance, dianne feinstein, for instance, has said and the intelligence committee members have said, and "the washington post" reported that the nsa, the obama...
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john jo joe johns, let me bring you in on this one from washington. what does this "wall street journal" report tell us as far as how the nsa is filtering e-mail and internet traffic? >> it sounds like nsa has a second shot. some of this we already knew. the nsa asks the telecommunications companies, brooke, to give it streams of traffic that the telecom company reasonably believes to contain foreign intelligence information. by the way, that's not everything that happens on the internet or on telephones. but it's still a lot of information. then the nsa weeds out the communications that look most relevant, say, based on an e-mail address, perhaps, or a telephone number or who is the sender or receiver. brooke, they sort of go from there. >> what about the companies themselves, joe? the telecommunication companies, their role in getting this information? >> again, the telecom companies get the first crack at determining what can be filtered out. and we've known this also. they do this with searches, based on the criteria that the nsa gives them. and t
john jo joe johns, let me bring you in on this one from washington. what does this "wall street journal" report tell us as far as how the nsa is filtering e-mail and internet traffic? >> it sounds like nsa has a second shot. some of this we already knew. the nsa asks the telecommunications companies, brooke, to give it streams of traffic that the telecom company reasonably believes to contain foreign intelligence information. by the way, that's not everything that happens on the...
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not just here in cleveland, but the fbi agents who came in from washington and agents from different parts of the country to handle different aspects from the scientific end to the working with the victims or the interviews. handling the interviews of this criminal. and the people in the behavioral science unit. of course, the sheriff. we've got a great sheriff here. the sheriff and his representatives are here. you can see them in uniform and in person. this is a great sheriff's unit. a great detective unit. they -- their help has been instrumental all the way through. i want to give special thanks to the individual cleveland police officers and fbi agents and sheriffs who were working on this case continually for over a decade. who were emotionally moved that night when this was found and are still moved by this and inspired by these ladies who outwitted this -- this rapist, murderer. >> the prosecutor, again, just hearing him after this, you know, multiple hour long sentencing hearing for ariel castro. just basically saying thank you. thank you to police. thank you to the fbi. tha
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the scene, they want to look at the cockpit flight data recorder and get that back to our lab here in washington. we have our investigator on the ground and our go team is on the way right now. >> there's debris scattered everywhere. will this be difficult for you? >> well, of course many accident scenes are difficult or in difficult terrain but our investigators are very good at what they do. they will identify the four corners of the airplane. the critical control surfaces and, again, those recorders can tell us a lot even though the aircraft is severely fragmented and burned. >> so the things that you'll be investigating is, number one, the cargo on board the plane as well, right? >> sure. and this is a cargo accident so it's a different issue. when we look at passenger aircraft, we're looking at survival factors and we'll be looking at the cargo as part of the investigation. early in the investigation, everything is on the table. we'll be looking at operations, human factors, we'll be looking at weather, we'll be looking at the aircraft itself, structures and power plants. we'll be sending a
the scene, they want to look at the cockpit flight data recorder and get that back to our lab here in washington. we have our investigator on the ground and our go team is on the way right now. >> there's debris scattered everywhere. will this be difficult for you? >> well, of course many accident scenes are difficult or in difficult terrain but our investigators are very good at what they do. they will identify the four corners of the airplane. the critical control surfaces and,...
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tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> that does it for me. don lemon takes it from here. have a great afternoon. >> you have a great afternoon. thanks very much, suzanne. i'm don lemmon in today for brooke. >>> let's start with former nfl star aaron hernandez due in court right now. a short time ago, a grand jury indicted him on murder charges. hernandez is charged with the execution-style murder of odom lloyd, a man who was dating the sister of hernandez's fiance. hernandez has pleaded not guilty. here are the key dates in the hernandez case. june 17th, the bullet-riddled body of odin lloyd is found less than a mile from the home of aaron hernandez, and june, police arrest hernandez. an hour later, the new england patriots cut hernandez from the team. we're going to go over all of this as we await this hearing. let's bring in former criminal prosecutor, faith jenkins. she joins me right here in new york. and criminal defense attorney, darren kavinoky joins us from atlanta. good to see potaboth of you. faith, i want to turn to you now. what happens next for aaron hernande
tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> that does it for me. don lemon takes it from here. have a great afternoon. >> you have a great afternoon. thanks very much, suzanne. i'm don lemmon in today for brooke. >>> let's start with former nfl star aaron hernandez due in court right now. a short time ago, a grand jury indicted him on murder charges. hernandez is charged with the execution-style murder of odom lloyd, a man who was dating the sister of hernandez's fiance. hernandez has...
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joe johns is live in washington with the news. joe, remind us. these are the two 19-year-olds who according to police, right, helped toss fireworks into backpacks and everything else into dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> that's what they're alleging. a federal grand jury today returning a two count indictment against these two men previously charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the boston marathon bombing investigation as well as obstruction of justice. they're both 19 years old from kazakhstan. they were living in new bedford on student visas. charged, as i said, with obstruction of justice and conspiracy in the bombing investigation. this indictment alleges that on the evening of april 18th this year, the fbi posted pictures of the two boston bombing suspects and one got a text message from dzhokhar tsarnaev suggesting he go to his room and take what was there. they took a laptop computer, a backpack containing fireworks, brought them to their apartment. later that night they say the men through the backpack in a dumpster. there's a third friend
joe johns is live in washington with the news. joe, remind us. these are the two 19-year-olds who according to police, right, helped toss fireworks into backpacks and everything else into dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> that's what they're alleging. a federal grand jury today returning a two count indictment against these two men previously charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the boston marathon bombing investigation as well as obstruction of justice. they're both 19 years old from...
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. >> reporter: powerball tickets are sold in 43 states, washington, d.c., and the virgin islands, but the chances of winning the jackpot, less than 1 in 175 million. that's not discouraging these buyers. >> this is the winning ticket right here. >> feeling lucky today. >> okay, if you've got a ticket or two at this point, powerball officials say don't just focus on the jackpot, because this game hasn't had a jackpot winner for more than a month but has doled out smaller prizes where some players have become million dollar winners just winning, you know, with a few numbers instead of all six, brianna. the key is to check your tickets really well. >> don't get greedy, could get a little something, even if you don't get the whole thing. alison kosik, thanks so much. go buy your ticket. >> i will, i will. >>> now just ahead in the "newsroom," we have a river rescue that was caught on tape. you can see who jumped in to help a young girl when a powerful current sucked her in and she couldn't get out. we have that story straight ahead. ter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dolla
. >> reporter: powerball tickets are sold in 43 states, washington, d.c., and the virgin islands, but the chances of winning the jackpot, less than 1 in 175 million. that's not discouraging these buyers. >> this is the winning ticket right here. >> feeling lucky today. >> okay, if you've got a ticket or two at this point, powerball officials say don't just focus on the jackpot, because this game hasn't had a jackpot winner for more than a month but has doled out smaller...